The victim, who lives in the town, was originally flown by air ambulance to St George's Hospital, in Tooting, with “significant injuries". One week after the incident his condition was described as “stable” by police.

Sussex Police originally arrested four men in connection with the incident, with one man released with no further action taken against him days later.

Out of the remaining three, William Solhotra, 30, of Hythe Road, Thornton Heath, was charged with affray and appeared before Crawley Magistrates' Court on August 7, where he was remanded in custody to appear at Lewes Crown Court on September 4.

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But Solhotra never made a second court appearance because the case against him was discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service in September.

In addition to this, two men who were previously bailed by police have been advised no further action will be taken against them.

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A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "A 40-year-old London man and a 24-year-old man from Haywards Heath have been advised that no further action will be taken against them in respect of the stabbing of a 24-year-old man in The Boulevard, Crawley, on August 4."

Two forensics officers dressed in all white were working inside the cordon on Sunday, August 6 with their main focus of enquiry seeming to be around a black Volkswagen car which was parked on double yellow lines outside Chicko’s Flame Grilled Chicken.

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Also within the cordon were a pair of black flip flops, which were around one metre away from each other, while there was also a large puddle of blood inside the cordon, located around two metres in front of the vehicle.

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The Boulevard was closed from its junction with The Broadway heading down to the High Street while officers conducted their enquiries, but the road reopened on the Sunday evening.